Page 174 - 1845, Harmon's Accounts - Ciphers

Harmon R Lucas Dr to Mr. Nolten

Jan 1. 1845 to three pair of shues . . . 2.00

to two pair of shoes . . . 1.45

to one pair of shoes for H.ge . . . 1.25

to one pair of shoes for J. Sh . . . 1.00

one pan price 37 cts . . . 0.37

1 one pare of boots for C. pirces . . . 2.50

2 pans to price 37 each C pirce . . . 0.75

David Archibald 3 pair of shus . . . 2.25

1 set of chek lines 1.50 . . . 1.50

12 I am to settle 12 cts with I.g . . . 0.12

5 pounds of rice . . . 0.25

half bushel of aples . . . 0.65

I got in cash 3.63 . . . 3.63

1 bridle the price . . . 1.00

the fixing of pierces shoes . . . 0.12

to 1 dollar lent money . . . 1.00

to 100 hundred and 5 rails . . . 1.05

to 200 hundred and ten . . . 2.10

2 pair of bely bands 37 each . . . 0.75

1 back band and cupling str . . . 0.62

1 pair of fine shoos price . . . 1.25

fixing mother's shoes . . . 0.30

mending my shoes . . . 0.25

1 bridle rain the price 25 . . . 0.25

1 pair of shoes the price . . . 0.62

1 pair of shoes price . . . 1.25

1 pair of shoes price . . . 1.25

64 x 26 = 384 + 1280 =

243 x 12 = 486 + 2430 + 121 1/2 = 3037 1/2

1664 x 4 = 6656 / 9 = (long division) = 739

13 x 13 = 39 + 130 =

167 x 8 = 1336

205

100 + 100 + 135 + 41 + 10 + 25 + 10 = 421 + 300 + 205 = 926

5345 / 9 = (long division) = 594

3500 / 85 = (long division) = 41

596 + 739 = 1335 x 30 = 40050

1336 x 4 = 5344

Page 133 - July 9, 1840 - Birthday

July the 9 1840 Page Maria 1. 33

Thu 9 Clear this morning quite pleasant and nice we

cradled wheat itill noon in the after noon

we put up 300 hay cocks of hay five

handy of us we got done putting up our hay

in the evening we got done 15 acres of it

Fri 10 Clear this morning quite pleasant we finished

cutting all of the wheat at noon in the after

noon I cradled m for Isaac Best quite

warm Harmon B Lucas his hand

Sat 11 Clear this morning quite pleasant I staid

at home till eleven oclock then I started

hom I got Wm. Pierces oxen and feched

up them I drowed some wood Harmon

Sun 12 Cloudy this morning quite warm it rained

several times at nine oclock I went to

Sunday school and at four oclock I went

to meeting and this being my birth day

which maks mee in my Twenty first

year of my age I thank and adore my

god for sparing mee as long as he has

Mon 13 Clear this morning I went down to

Wm. Rences after a yoke of cattle

and down to Lanes and got me a pair

of pantaloons 6.00 dollars Mrs.

Burch Departed her life this evening

Tue 14 Clear this morning quite pleasant I made

another begining to brake I worked till

noon then I went over to Salem

meeting house and waited awhile then I

went and help Dig Mrs. Burches grave

I worked till fore theen I went to braking

again John Pulver worked 3/4 of a day

Wed 15 Clear this morning quite pelasant I broke

prare till noon then I quite and went to

the burien of Mrs. Burch she was

bured about 3 oclock there was about 75

people at it John Pulver worked 3/4 of a day

Page 110 - February 27, 1840 - Farewell Ohio

February 27. 1840 Page 1. 10

Thu 27 Cloudy this morning but soon broke

away I and Josiah Smith went to

Zanesville I went to Mary Martens

which I found them all in good health

we came home home and went to

meeting I staid all night at T. Smith

Fri 28 Cloudy this morning and fogy it

was a fine day as ever I saw in my

life time I and Thomas Smith went

up to old nedy hals and Enochs I

came back home and went up to 18

Josiah Smith and staid all night 18

Sat 29 Clear this morning and pleasant

all day quite pleasant I wrote a letter

to aunt Sarah back to Virginia and

one to Mary Carter I staid at aunts

all night so no more at presant

Sun 1 Clear this morning quite pleasant

and warm I went to meting then

back to home in the evening I took

a pleasant little walk on the big hill

by the town the prettiest discovery

I eve saw in my life I staid at aunts

Mon 2 Cloudy this morning and looks like

rain quite smokey I went over to aunt

Pierces and spent the after noon with

them then back to aunts again after

night Ruth . Baismen and aunt Pierce

came over to aunts I bid them fairwell

then I went over to aunts again and took

a good fill of aples and bid them all

fairwell again I felt as bad as I well

could feel to leave them I staid at aunts

Tue 3 Cloudy this morning and raining some

I started for home at nine oclock I got to

Luray on the pike 34 distant frome home

quite pleasant all day miy bill was 75

cts I got 2..1 dollars bills on newark

bank that I couldent pass Harmon

Page 106 - February 8, 1840 - Love Feast

February the 8 . 1840 Page 1. 6

Sat 8 Cloudy this morning quite warm it

looks like rain or snow it rained

till noon in the after noon it brke away

and got clear I started up to a quarterly

meeting the Distent fron Drresden

was ten miles we got there Just as

public preaching was dismissed we

staid at Georg Smiths all night

quite mudy too no more at this time

Sun 9 Cloudy this morning I went to Love

feast I got in at it in the after noon

It got clear and pleasant for a while

then clouded up and thundred some and

after night I went to meeting again

with a certain young lady at about

ten she and I set out for home and

I felt as happy as I well could feel.

I staid at Georg Smiths they had

heap of company there I believe I

never saw as mudy roads in my life

Mon 10 Cloudy this morning quite cool we all

set out for home and got home at 3 oclo

quite mudy it looked like snow I staid

all night at aunts no more at this tim

Tue 11 Clare this morning quite pleasant and

ground frose hard but it began to thundr

quite smart after night I went to meeting

I staaid at aunts . Harmon Lucas

Wed 12 Clear this morning quite warm it

began to though rite mart after night

I went to aunt Pierces on a visit I

staid at aunts all night 1840 H.

Thu 13 Cloudy this morning and snowed

quite hard for a while then broke

away but still looked like rain

quite mudy this makes a scence I

came from home 49 days and no

prospect of getting hom yet 1840

Page 104 - January 27, 1840 - Loves Girls

January the 27 . 1840 Page 1. 4

Mon 27 Cloudy this morning I went up to a

nigroes after night after some corne

for Thomas . Smiths then back to hum

I went to mill and got some brand

for hime after night it snowed som

there was quite a nice quatity out to

to night in the day I got my horse shod

Tue 28 Cloudy this morning and snowing some

it soon turned in to raining I went

over the river and killed one squirl

after night I went to meeting then

to Thomas . Smiths and staid all night

Wed 29 Cloudy this morning and raining some

quite smokey it continued to rain all

day after night it rained terible hard

I hunted squirls all day and only killed

three I staid all night at Thomas Smiths

Thu 30 Clear this morning it has the appearance

of being a fine day the wind blew hard

I went to meeting then back to aunt

Pierces again wee staid till half past 10

oclock quite cool and wind windy H R

I staid all night at aunts Harmon

Fri 31 Cloudy this morning quite cool I started

over to Concord with Mary Carter

my Cousin I went to Zanesville and

then went over the river on the ice I

got to Concord after dark it snowd som

at dark I paid 12 cts tole each of us at

the first gait and the same each of us

at the second gait quite cool I staid

at Isaac Grummonses all night 1840

I rise as one that loves the girls well

I feel that it is my duty to rise and

say something concerning of my well

faire hear on earth my cincere desire is

to get to heaven and I want you all

to pray for me that I may prove faithfu

Page 95 - November 23, 1839 - Sun Dogs

November the .23. 1839 Page 495

Sat 23 Cloudy this morning and snowing some

it turned in to raining then it turned

in to snowing again I went to Coopers

and got mee a hat at one dollar one

raizor and box one dollar the preachers

house was raised to day no more at this

Sun 24 Cloudy this morning and snowed some

I went to Salem meeting hous to hear

Mr. Cooper preach for the first time

quite stormey after night I went to

E. Pattersons to meeting again it got

desperate cool as I ever saw it in my

quite a congragation out at it ammen

Mon 25 Clear this morning quite cool there

was sun dogs this morning I done

nothing much all day quite cool 1840

Tue 26 Clear this morning with a heavy frost

on quite cool all day I dome nothing

much all day no more at presant

Wed 27 Clear this morning I drowd logs for

a stable Father sold. 6. head of cattle

to James Serviison for .75 dollars and

61 dollars which he owd Father wich

made one hundred and ;36. dollars I

got Johnson graveses note for 1.57 dollars

and Father he is to give .J. Servison 20

dollars out of the note when collected

from J. Graves Father lent J. Pierce

and J. Servison one hundred dollars

it got quite cloudy and after night it

hailed some I went to meeting at Salem

meeting house few out to night

Thu 28 Cloudy this morning and looks like

rain in the after noon it began to snow

it turned in to raining it rained

steady I cut wood till noon then I

husked corn 1839 no morning 1839

a man of words and not of deeds

Page 91 - October 23, 1839 - Traden Party

October the 23. 1839 Page 91

Wed 23 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

went after my ox and got him again

noon in the after noon I went to mill

Thu 24 Clear this morning quite pleasant

I thrashed wheat up at Adam Bests

It got some cloudy and looked like

raine Benjamin Burch raised his

house Luesa Pulver was hear and

Margret Yarnald was hear all nig

Fri 25 Cloudy this morning and looks like rain

it rained a little in the evening it cleard

up we cleaned up 21 bushels of wheat in

the after noon I thrashed wheat 1839 r

Sat 26 Cloudy this morning it rained some

we cleaned up some wheat till noon in the

evening I went on a traden party Mr and

Mrs pierce wife staid hear was meeting

at Timmonses The boys cut a high swell

after night a trying to scare the girls.

Sun 27 Cloudy this morning and raining it

continued to hold out all day it thund

red quite hard I went to salem to

hear mr. Peters preach 1839. 18.

Mon 28 Cloudy this morning it broke away

in the evening and got clear I

helped Jonson graveses chusk corn

after night I helped him at a huske

Tue 29 Clear this morning with a frost on

it looks like it will be a fine day I

puled corn till noon in the after noon

I helped husk a load of corn 1839

Wed 30 Cloudy this morning and rained som it

got clear wee swaped with dolechide for a hor

we gave one yoke of cattle and ten dollars

for the horse I helped John graves to

get in corn we got in four loads 1839

Page 87 - September 27, 1839 - Wood Retires

September the 27. 1839 Page 87

Fri 27 Cloudy this morning and raining some

and has the appearance of continuing

to hold out I cleaned up 33 bushels of

oats quite cool it rained hard till noon

then it broke away and got clear and

cool I I plowed in wheat S. Pulver 1839

Sat 28 Clear this morning with a heavy

frost on quite cool in the evening it

got quite cloudy and after night it rain

ed some I plowd till noon in the after

I don nothing much quite cool 1839 .28

Sun 29 Clear this morning quite pleasant

wind South Wm Pierce staid hear

all night at eleven I went to Salem

meeting house to hear the Reverend

B. E. Wood preacher the last

time at four I went down to H. . .

Simses to hear him again and hom

Mon 30 Clear this morning the frost is hard

I plowd in foller ground till noon in

the after noon I haried in wheat we

finished sowing the barnes field 1839

one day after date we or either of us do

promise to pay Wm H Harison

the sum of 2 .2 .oooooo of dollars for

Value Received Witness our hands

and seal this the 17 of December

1839 Wm all Cash and James

Emry no gold and Jacob Chales

Monroe Daivison this being on the

last of the leef I will try to fill

it up with some most inportance

subject when we have been there

ten thousand thousand years brite

shining as the sun we have noe

les days to sing gods praise 1839

am I a soldier of the cross a folower

of the lamb sure I must fight

if I would reign increas my cour

age lord Harmon R Lucas 1839

Page 82 - August 26, 1839 - In Chicago

August the 26 . 1839 Page 82

Mon 26 Clear this morning quite pleasant we

lost 2 yoke of oxen belonging to James

Pierces we laid at Jacksons all day and all

night he found the cattle Just at night

Tue 27 Clear this morning we got in to Chicago

we got in about ten oclock I got 25 cts

for oats I sold 57 bushels of oats and

I got six barles of salt three of them

containing 3. 10 pounds each and three

barles containing 2. 90 pounds each and

it cost 16,93. cts three pints of tar at

18 3/4 we got back to Jacksons six miles

east of town I got half pound of reasons

at 12 cts one dosen of appels 6 cts 1839

Wed 28 Clear this morning we started from Jacksons

we lay by thorn creek and camped all night

quite cool I got a cag at 37 cts half pound

of raisens 12 cts H. R. Lucas 1839

Thu 29 Partly clear this morning quite nice

we lay at a grove 8 miles north

of the kankakee quite pleasant 1839

Fri 30 Clear this morning but soon clouded

up and rained it rained in the evening

again we lay at Rake straws 183.9.8

Sat 31 Clear this morning quite pleasant

we came from Rake straws to the

Irecoise to Wm Buckleses after

night when wee got their 1839 H

one day after date we or either of us do

promise to pay the sum of one hundred

dollars for Value Received Witness our

hands and seal this the 10 of December

1839 James live for ever and Jonathan

never die Received on the within note

fifty dollars January thee 16. 18340 er

Andrew nichelos Thomas anthony peter

dunfee and John Love gold. 1839 H.

Page 81 - August 17, 1839 - On the Road

August the 17. 1839 Page 81

Sat 17 Clear this morning quite pleasant we

started to chicago we staid on big pine

all night we got their at dark 1839

Sun 18 Clear this morning quite pleasant

one yoke of James pierces cattle got away

and came Back about 6 miles we got

to sugar creek and put up for the night

Mon 19 Clear this morning quite pleasant we

got to the Rockwise at 2 oclock we met

Father and the rest coming home we

got to the buck horn tavern at night

Tue 20 Clear this morning quite pleasant we

only went to beaver creek one of the oxen

gave out and we staid all night H. Luc

Wed 21 Clear this morning quite pleasant we

lay on the kankakee we had to leave one

star back in consequence of suliness warm

Thu 22 Clear this morning quite pleasant we

went back after the star but couldent get

him we came back and the rest started after

him and got hime in the evening we yoked

up and drove over the kankakee we got a

fine shower of rain in the evening 1839

Fri 23 Clear this morning and foggy quite warm

it got some cloudy in the evening and had the

appearance of rain we lay at Huns all night

Sat 24 Cloudy this morning it rained terible hard

as we went through Thorntown and

I got 3 1/2 of sugar at 50 cts and in

the after noon it rained quite

hard and we keped a head we lay

3 miles East of Rexfords 1839

Sun 25 the sun shoen out som of the time in

the evening it rained hard we laid

at O. Jacksons 6 miles this side of Chickgy

Page 78 - July 29, 1839 - Salted Heifer

July the 29 . 1839 Page 78

Mon 29 Clear this morning quite pleasant it

got some cloudy in the evening I cut and

bound up oats and Michel dunfee cut hay

Tue 30 Clear this morning but soon got som

cloudy and sprinkled some of rain I

drowed in wheat for our selvs in the fore

noon in the after noon I drowed wheat

for Adam Best quite warm all day

Wed 31 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

bind up oats in hunts field we put up

66. dosens of oats in the after noon I

cradled in oats quite pleasant. 1839. 31

Thu 1 Clear this morning quite cool and nice

I am very much afflicted with boils at

this time other wise I feel quite well at

this time I finished cutting my oats in

the fore noon in the after noon I raked hay

I counted up the dayys which made four

hundred and eighty one days 1839 20

Fri 2 Cloudy this morning and raining

it continued raining we drowed in oats

in hunts field we built 2 stacks up

their it broke away the rest drowed down

oats I bound up oats for my self in

the evening I went and hired Johnsons

Graves wagon he gave me the waggon a

tirip and one dollar for a parcl of salt

Sat 3 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

bound up oats for my self in the after

noon I helped to draw in oats and claar

of a thrashing flower and then I went

down to Hirams Ginings to salt my

heifer and back home Faher and mother

went on a visit to Wm Pierces 1839

Sun 4 Clear this morning quite pleasant it got

very warm I went to Salem meeting hous

at 11 oclock I wrote some little I was in

a good dale of pain 1839 . and bouoth

Page 64 - May 14, 1839 - Good Men

May the 13. 1839 Page 64

Tue 14 Clear for a few moments and then

it got quite cloudy with a desperate cool

wind from the South West and

rained some it got quite clear in the

and the wind raised and blew hard

Wed 15 I furrowed out for corn and planted too

it got very warm in the middle

of the day after night it rained hard

Wed 15 Partley clear but in a few moments

it got quite clear quite cool this

morning in a few moments it got

cloudy and rained it thundred qute

hard I finished planting corn and

I thank the good beiing for seeing

mee out withit in the after noon

it rained some I done nothing amen

Thu 16 Cloudy this morning and raining

some it broke away the sun shoen

out I went out and worked for Mr.

Joshua burch I made fence it is quite

cool but turned some warmer Harm

Fri 17 Clear this morning with some frost

it continued clear and quite warm all

day I made fence for Joshua Burch

and after night I came home and

stoped at Jacb Klepingers no more

Sat 18 Clear this morning with some frost

I went down to Jacob Fierces to help

father to carry a bee stand and I

went down to shoney quite warm I

landed at henry cambbells at four

O clock and found the folks all well

I went the river road to quite loa

Sun 19 Clear this morning and quite warme

at eleven O clock I went to Bethel

meeting house to hear Mr. Biers

preach at four we went back to meeting

again I staid both nites at Henry

Campbelles good men my out at it

Page 57 - March 30, 1839 - Father's Wagon

March the 30.th. 1839 Page 57

Sat 30 Cloudy this morning but broke away

and in the evening it got quite clear I

went down to Cooppers store and got me

a stalk price 2.00 and a riding whip

price 62 cts in the after noon I went

to a quarterly meeting held near the

widow Genings at the school house in that

nighborhood after night I went to Mr.

James Pierces and staid all night.

Sun 31 Clear this morning and continued so

throughout the day I went back to the love

feast at bubtick preching was hedd at

the widow genings barn after meeting

I came home Silas Campbell was hear

Mon 1 of April 1839 Clear this morning and

quite warm all day I thrashed 28 of oats

Tue 2 Clear this morning quite warm it

looks some hasy I plowed up in Mr.

Hunts field for oats noe more at pres

Wed 3 Clear this morning I plowed till

noon in the after noon I had such a

swelling on my foot that I couldent

work I was some sick too 1839 22

Thu 4 Partly Clear this morning I done

nothing till noon in the after noon

I harrowed in oats quite warm all

day no more at this present time

Fri 5 Clear this morning and quite pleasent

I fixt fence till non in the after noon

I cut stalks it was quite smokey late

in the evening the sun disappeared

Sat 6 Cloudy this mornaing and has the

appearance of rain quite warm and

smokey I plowed till in the after

noon then quite Father had another

trile for the wagon he got it back

Page 49 - February 10, 1839 - Shigley's companion

Febuary the 10 . 1839 Page 49

Sun 10 Cloudy this morning and had the

appearance of rain the sun shoen out

som two or three times in the day

I went to Salem meeting house to

meeting after night I went to James

Murphes to prayr meeting George

Shigleys companion departed her life

at six O. clock P.M in the evening

Mon 11 cloudy this morning and rained

some little I helped to dig a grave

in the evening I went to Granison

Piercess on a trading scouty it was

quite chilley I staid all night their

Tue 12 cloudy this morning and coald too

it had the appearance of snow and

did snow som I traded five calvs

for one cow and calf in the evening

I went and got my chest home

Wed 13 cloudy this morning and had the

appearance of rain but it broke away

and the sun shoen out it turned out

quite pleasent I worked for John

Graves three quarters of a day and

after night I went to meeting at

Salem meeting house H. R. L

Thu 14 clear this morning and a heavy

frost but thoughed the day it got

cloudy and in the after noon it

rained som I worked for John

Graves it turned quite coald 1839

Fri 15 clear this morning at one O. clock it

clouded up and after night it began to

snow hard I worked for John Graves

half a day after night I went to I Singing

Page 45 - January 15, 1839 - Hunting Deer

Jenuary the 15. th. 1839 Page 45

Tue 15 Cloudy and snowing some it continued

to snow all day I filled Mr. Timmons

harth for 25 cts in the evening I

went to Wm. Burches and staid all

night he saw seven Deer and shot

and shot at then but mised them

Wed 16 cloudy this morning and quite coald

in the morning I went out to try my

my skill with the Deer I saw seven

but coodent get a shot at them and

after night I went to meeting at

salem meeting house Mr. Wood gave

us a preach their was about forty

Tuh 17 cloudy this morning and snowed some

four or five times through the day

I made one hundred and fifteen

rails Jams Pierce was married

the 15 day of Jenuary, 1839 H.R.

Fri 18 cloudy this morning I made one

hundred and three rails it snowed

some three or four times in the

times after night it was quite windy

and continud so all night it frose hard

Sat 19 clear for a while then it clouded up

in the after noon I cut wood for

the meeting house and then I cut

that brush down before the house

Sun 20 cloudy this morning and continued

so all day I went to Salem to

meeting in the evening it snowed

Mon 21 cloudy this morning and continued so

all day and it snowed some five

or six times through the cours of

the day we killed our hogs 1839

one Day after date I promised to

pay John Thomas C Knight

the sum of Fifty Dollars in full

Page 41 - December 23, 1838 - Soldier of the Cross

December the 23. 1838 Page 41

Sun 23 clear and quite coald morning meeting

commenced at nine O. clock at noon

Wm groomes and wife and daughter

and Elvila and Gearge pierce and

Wm Simes and wife James Servison

and wife and James pierce all ate diner

meeting ended at nine O. clock and

Wm grooms and wife and daughter and

Micheh Hair staid with us 1838

Mon 24 clear this morning I sent my not with

Hair which I held against Fraisure

and company I cut some rail timber

and after night it snowed som

Tue 25 cloudy this morning Father went

down to James pierces after oats

I drawed wood father got hom with 58

Bushels I done nothing of eny conciquen

it snowed som in the evening H R

Wed 26 clear this morning and quite coald and

Father started up to Logans port

I done nothing all day after night

I went over to Salem meeting house

in the evening it had the appearanc

of snow late in the evening 1838

Thu 27 Cloudy this morning but broke a

way and turned out quit nice I

shot five hogs for old Mr. Shigley

I made a sled two quite pleasent

Fri 28 cloudy this morning at eleven O clock

it snowed I drawed wood over to the

Meeting house John G Smith got

insualed at somthing or other at

night thier was ingin school at Salem

thiir was 20 out I kiled one praire hen

Am I a soldier of the cross a folower

of the lamb and shall I fear to on

his cause or blush to speak ahis nam

and must this feeble body faint

Page 40 - December 18, 1838 - Love and Praise

December the 18 1838 Page 40

Tue 18 cloudy and very coald all day Father

came back from mill I killed three hens

Wed 19 cloudy and tremendisly coald and

Father started up to Logans port and

after night their was meeting over at

Salem meeting house their was the

minister and ten hearers I killed 4

hens and drawed wood too H.R. Lucas

Thu 20 clear and very coald it clouded up and

got some coalder in the afternoon it

got clear again and got som warmer

I drawed wood and went up to Jacob K

and bought two calvs I am to give him

nine days work for them I counted up

how meny chickens I had killed which

made forty in number from the first

of September ttill the last of Dec 1838

Fri 21 cloudy partley all day I went down to

Harrison Ville in the afternoon after

night it rainde some father got home from

Logans port but dident sell out his

load he got home at three O. clock P M

Sat 22 clear this morning cut clouded up and

the frost flew it got very coald I went

down to Harvey Stretches after money

I got 1.50. cts quarterly meeting commened

at Salem old Mr. Adam Shigley departed

his life at six O. clock in the evening

I went over at the meeting after night

James Servison and wife and Wm

groomes and wife and daughter and allso

Thomas smith and James Pierce staid

all night with us at present 1838

a charge to keep I have a god to gloryfie

alas and did my saviour blede and did

my savrer die when all they mercies

O my god my rising soul surveys

transported with the view Im lost

in wounder love and praise 1838

Page 39 - December 14, 1838 - First Church

December the 14 1838 Page 39

Fri 14 clear and pleasent all day I thrashed and

cleaned up 28 bushels of corne I felt

some under the weather all day 1838

John Graves commenced bording on the 8th

day of April AD. 1837 Benjamine

Lucas commenced laboring on the Eri

canall on the 28 th day of March

AD 1837 and continued till the last

Day of October A.D. 1837 8383

December the 14 1838 Dew Harmon

Lucas 14 dollars and 50.6 cts for

Value Received of hime Smith John

Lafayette July the 6.th 1836 H Luca

Bot of John Mccormick 3 yards of muslin

one dozens buttens 100 3 1/2 yards of

Jenes 5. 50 cts Trimmons 200 dollars

totle amount 8. 80 cts cutting 37 cts

and making 200 Dollars 1838

Sat 15 clear early this morning but soon

clouded up and got cold enouh to

snow I went over to the canall

to get some money but in vain

I got home and went down to

Mr. Simeses School house to

a quartley meeting after night

Sun 16 partley clear this morning 1838

the sun shoen out dim all day I went

down to the quartily meeting at Mr.

Simeses school house the house was full

I went and drawed or went and ate

my dinner and Wm Pierces

and went down to servisons and

down to Isaac Graves then back to

meeting Wm. Dollyhide Joined the

church I came hom at nine O. clo

Mon 17 cloudy and snowing and continued so all

day Father went over to mill with

28 bushels of corne I killed 8 praire

hens and two quails and one rabit it

turned some colder than it was 1838

Page 38 - December 10, 1838 - Father Hunting

December the 10. 1838 Page 38

Mon 10 cloudy this morning early but soon

broke away it was very cool in the morning

it got quit warm and pleasent the Balen

of the day Father started out to Mr.

Groomeses to hunt game which is about

sixteen miles off I took down my over

Coat to Miss. Eeveline Conley to make

she has three Dollars for making a

coat Mr. Simes killed his hogs I

came home and fikced my stables a

Samuel Klepinger went to school

for the first day to Mr. Barnes 1838

this night I counted up the days since I

commenced my Book keeping the number

was two hundred and forty seven days

Tue 11 clear this morning and thoughed rite

smart quite pleasent all day I made

a stable done and in the afternoon

I helped Timmons tare down his house

James Pierce was hear to day and

Thomas Smith came out from Ohio

the tenth of the month and father came

home with hime I killed one praire hen

Wed 12 clear and some cooler than it has been

for two or three days past I helped

Timmons raise a house after night

their is meeting over at Salem

meeting house Mr. Wood exhorted

Father land home from hunting and

killed nothing a tall so no more at

this time hoping no insinuation too

Thu 13 clear and pleasent all day I thrashed

corne after night there was a

singing school over at Salem mete

ing house I killed two praire hens

and one quail Thomas Smith

and James Pierce came up to the

singing school there was rite smart

of a congragtion out to night 1838

aman of words and not of dead

a charge to keep I have a god

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20 July the 30 1838

Mon 30 clear till noon in the evening it raind a fine

shower I mowed till non then maid hay 1838

Tue 31 at seven .O. clock it raind a fine shower

I counted up the wet and dry weather and

there was sixty two wet days and fifty

three dry days from the eight of april

till the last of July 1838

August the 1 1838

Wed 1 clear and quite cool for what we have had

for some time past it clouded up and was

cloudy all day I mowed for old Mr. Shigley

Thu 2 cloudy in the morning but broke

away and got some warmer and pleasen

I cradled oats at night I went to hear

Mr. Paul Preach at the meeting hous

Fri 3 clear and pleasent all day I drawed hay

Sat 4 clear in the morning but soon clouded

up and at ten .O. clock it began to

rain tollerable hard I went to the

City of Laffyette and came out

James Pierces and staid all night

Sun 5 cloudy in the morning but twords

noon it broke away then was a shower

went round in the south I was at Mr.

Simeses school house at sining school

Mon 6 clear till noon in the after part of

the day it raind a terable shower and

then it broke away some I mowed till

the rain ascended then I went to bests

Tue 7 Quite foggy this morning it had some

appearance of rain I mowed and put up

hay hard times at this time no more

Round is the ring that has no end

so is my love to you my friend

my pen is bad my Ink is frale